The Discussion of MJ's Unreleased Tracks

Clay7 said:

I find it really interesting that the ending links with The Addams Family, makes me curious how that whole collaboration really happened because (to my knowledge) this "Is It Scary" film had no relation to the only known Addams Family collab "Family Thing" and "Is It Scary" the song reuses chord progression from "Family Thing". It makes me wonder if Is It Scary was the final evolved version of Family Thing intended for the Addams Family film.

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BlackAnon said:

The film itself was set in the Addams Family universe and intended to be a sort of tie-in. Family Thing probably would've made the soundtrack to the movie had the allegations happened.

Ghosts and Is It Scary are both from 1993. Is It Scary was not finished due to allegations and MJ told the film makers he would not be able to finish the song in time for the planned November 1993 film release. Is It Scary was reworked again in 1994/95 during HIStory while Ghosts was polished up on tour in 1996/97.

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Fuzball said:

According to Shana, verse lyrics to "Family Thing":

''Squeeze the trigger til' I'm dead,
The blood is running good and red,
And the pain is quite enormous,
Also I wouldn't be human if I laid here and ignored this,
But I'm hard as nails.''

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GotThis said:

as i understand there were no major changes in the final version? It looks almost the same as the final version except for the characters

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Fuzball said:

JACKSON, Michael - Family Thing [EPC 659688 2] CDM - 10/18/1993
JACKSON, Michael - Family Thing [EPC 659688 6] 12" - 10/18/1993
JACKSON, Michael - Greatest Hits [EPC 474709 2] CD - 10/26/1993
JACKSON, Michael - Greatest Hits [EPC 474709 6] LP - 10/26/1993

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Mister_Jay_Tee said:

Dates don't matter guys.

For All Time is a phenomenal song; does it matter when it was written? No of course not.

But Michael said it was an original outtake from Thriller and that certainly speaks to how special it was to him so that's what matters, how special the song was to Michael.

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SeriousFX said:

hello, it do be me

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Fuzball said:

According to Shana, verse lyrics to "Family Thing":

''Squeeze the trigger til' I'm dead,
The blood is running good and red,
And the pain is quite enormous,
Also I wouldn't be human if I laid here and ignored this,
But I'm hard as nails.''

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SeriousFX said:

hello, it do be me

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threepea11 said:

Ah, do you think it’s possible to add unreleased songs that have since been released?

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SeriousFX said:

they're in the "released" folder

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SmoothGangsta said:

A version exists with these vocals?

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threepea11 said:

Also 1 more question,

For the “Lying to Myself” [V1] entry in the dangerous section of the chart, it says that snippets of the song can be heard in The Detail’s retrospective video, but I can’t seem to find where in the video it can be heard, do you know when is the timestamp when it can be heard?

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Glanni said:

this thread is such a mess. good lord have mercy.

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Fuzball said:

I can't answer this. It's possible that Michael's layed down some lead vocals.

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Clay7 said:

thats fake lol but its here 8:18

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SeriousFX said:

I had an itching feeling it was.

will remove, thx

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Clay7 said:

Yeah np! Theres a tonn of fake/wrong information on your tracker, not to be overly critical. I actually was working on my own but didn't make it public.

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Clay7 said:

Yeah np! Theres a tonn of fake/wrong information on your tracker, not to be overly critical. I actually was working on my own but didn't make it public.

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xscapee said:

hey check dm

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Clay7 said:

thanks for letting me know, what is the username?

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Jacksonunreleased said:

@Fuzzball if you think that i am Tyler you re ****** moron you are the worst piece of shit ever ! Second i only have one account and that this one !

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Tyler446 said:

listen yall can look into my account all you want. because i'm not him. and y'know what you can add me on discord to prove it.

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Fuzball said:

same attitude, same intention, same vocabulary

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Saka21 said:

I'm beginning to realize that a huge part of the fun is predicting and imagining what these tracks could sound like.

Take "Water," described by insiders (Trevis) as a masterpiece and one of the most unique pieces MJ ever made. It makes you wonder: What could it possibly sound like? What kind of stuff was MJ experimenting with at that time? Could he have revolutionized pop music again if the sounds he was creating were released to the world instead of hidden in the vault?

So many titles we consider holy grails just sound cool af. A name like "Crack Kills" makes you assume it's a dark track, perhaps with a mid 80s rap feel. Then a snippet leaked, and if it's authentic, it sounds nothing like what I thought, lol.

I remember thinking "Deep In The Night" would have a cinematic, "Smooth Criminal"-esque vibe, smooth atmosphere, but it turned out what it is. The same goes for "Chicago 1945", everyone and their moms expected a moody piece, but it ended up being a lost sister to "Billie Jean".

In a way, perhaps some of these tracks are better off staying unleaked. Once you hear them you can only say, "Oh, so that's what it sounds like", and the track you've been imagining for years is never the same again.

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